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烫

to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot

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How 烫 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

火 (semantic, “fire”) + 汤 (phonetic, tāng)

components: 汤 火

How to remember it

scald · Heisig RSH #1756

汤 soup + 火 fire

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 烫

WordPinyinMeaning
死猪不怕开水烫 sǐ zhū bù pà kāi shuǐ tàng (lit.) a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (saying); (fig.) a person who has nothing mo…
烫头发 tàng tóu fa perm; to perm hair
烫衣板 tàng yī bǎn ironing board
烫金 tàng jīn (printing) to stamp with gold foil; to bronze
烫发 tàng fà perm (hairstyle)
发烫 fā tàng burning hot
烫手山芋 tàng shǒu shān yù hot potato; problem; trouble; headache
烫平 tàng píng to press (clothes); to iron out (wrinkles)
火烫 huǒ tàng burning hot; fiery; to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs
蒸汽挂烫机 zhēng qì guà tàng jī garment steamer
热烫 rè tàng to burn
麻辣烫 má là tàng malatang (a Sichuan-style spicy soup dish)
烫衣 tàng yī to iron (clothes)
烫斗 tàng dǒu clothes iron
烫伤 tàng shāng to scald
滚烫 gǔn tàng boiling hot
熨烫 yùn tàng to iron (clothes)
氽烫 tǔn tàng to blanch (cooking)